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    Oklahoma Dumb Laws

    Violators can be fined, arrested or jailed for making ugly faces at a dog. Dogs must have a permit signed by the mayor in order to congregate in groups of three or more on private property. Tattoos are banned. It is illegal to wear your boots to bed. Fish may not be contained in fishbowls while on a public bus. Tissues are not to be found in the back of one’s car. Females are forbidden from doing their own hair without being licensed by the state. Whale hunting is strictly prohibitted throughout the entire state of Oklahoma. In Tulsa, Oklahoma the limit on kisses is three minutes (by law). Oklahoma…

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    Indiana Dumb Laws

    Baths may not be taken between the months of October and March. A person who dyes, stains, or otherwise alters the natural coloring of a bird or rabbit commits a Class B misdemeanor. (Ind. Code 15-2.1-21-13(b) A man over the age of 18 may be arrested for statutory rape if the passenger in his car is not wearing her socks and shoes, and is under the age of 17. It is against the law to pass a horse on the street. It is illegal for a liquor store to sell cold soft drinks. Liquor stores may not sell milk. Grocery stores may not sell any type of cold liquor. You…

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    California Dumb Laws

    Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship. It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale. No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour. Many animals are illegal to own as pets, including snails, sloths, and elephants. Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool. It is illegal for a man to beat his wife with a strap wider than 2 inches without her consent. It is illegal to cry on the witness stand. Community leaders passed an ordinance that makes it…

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    Minnesota Dumb Laws

    In Minnesota, it’s illegal to tease skunks. (As if being sprayed weren’t enough of a deterrent.) It is illegal to sleep naked. All men driving motorcycles must wear shirts. Citizens may not enter Wisconsin with a chicken on their head. All bathtubs must have feet. Hibbing: It shall be the duty of any policeman or any other officer to enforce the provisions of this Section, and if any cat is found running at large, or which is found in any street, alley or public place, it shall be the duty of any policeman or other officer of the city to kill such cat. Minneapolis: Red cars can not drive down…

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    Illinois Dumb Laws

    You may be arrested for vagrancy if you do not have at least one dollar bill on your person. You may be convicted of a Class 4 felony offense, punishable by up to three years in state prison, for the crime of “eavesdropping” on your own conversation. -720 ILCS 5/14-2. A state law in Illinois mandates that all bachelors should be called master, not mister, when addressed by their female counterparts. According to state law, it is illegal to speak English. The officially recognized language is “American”. Chicago: Law forbids eating in a place that is on fire Chicago: It is illegal to give a dog whiskey; Chicago: Kites may…

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    Wisconsin Dumb Laws

    At one time, margarine was illegal. While all cheese making requires a license, Limburger cheese making requires a master cheese maker’s license. It is illegal to kiss on a train. It is illegal to wake a fireman when he is asleep. It is illegal to cut a woman’s hair. You must manually flush all urinals in a building. Butter substitutes are not allowed to be served in state prisons. Whenever two trains meet at an intersection of said tracks, neither shall proceed until the other has. As people used to smuggle it in from Illinois, all yellow butter substitute is banned. State Law made it illegal to serve apple pie…

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    Pennsylvania Dumb Laws

    Fireworks stores may not sell fireworks to Pennsylvania residents. Ministers are forbidden from performing marriages when either the bride or groom is drunk. You may not catch a fish with your hands. You may not catch a fish by any body part except the mouth. Dynamite is not to be used to catch fish. Though you do not need a fishing license to fish on your own land, but a hunting license is required to hunt on your own land. It is illegal to have over 16 women live in a house together because that constitutes a brothel. However up to • 120 men can live together, without breaking the…

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    Massachusetts Dumb Laws

    Mourners at a wake may not eat more than three sandwiches. Snoring is prohibited unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked. An old ordinance declares goatees illegal unless you first pay a special license fee for the privilege of wearing one in public. It is illegal to put tomatoes in clam chowder. It’s illegal to take a lion to the movies. Eating while swimming in the ocean is prohibited. It’s illegal to keep a mule on the second floor of a building not in a city unless there are 2 exits. It’s illegal to sell fewer than 24 ducklings at a time before May 1, or to sell…

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    Michigan Dumb Laws

    A woman isn’t allowed to cut her own hair without her husband’s permission. It is legal for a robber to file a law suit, if he or she got hurt in your house. You may not swear in front of women and children in the state of Michigan. Any person over the age of 12 may have a license for a handgun as long as he/she has not been convicted of a felony. Smoking while in bed is illegal. A Michigan law states that a wife’s hair legally belongs to her husband.

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    Texas Dumb Laws

    When two trains meet each other at a railroad crossing, each shall come to a full stop, and neither shall proceed until the other has gone. It is illegal to take more than three sips of beer at a time while standing. You can be legally married by publicly introducing a person as your husband or wife 3 times. It is illegal to drive without windshield wipers. You don’t need a windshield, but you must have the wipers. It is illegal to milk another person’s cow. It is illegal for one to shoot a buffalo from the second story of a hotel. A recently passed anticrime law requires criminals to…

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    Florida Dumb Laws

    If an elephant is left tied to a parking meter, the parking fee has to be paid just as it would for a vehicle. You may not fart in a public place after 6 P.M. on Thursdays. It is considered an offense to shower naked. You are not allowed to break more than three dishes per day, or chip the edges of more than four cups and/or saucers. Women may be fined for falling asleep under a hair dryer, as can the salon owner. A special law prohibits unmarried women from parachuting on Sunday or she shall risk arrest, fine, and/or jailing. It is illegal to sing in a public…

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    Alabama Dumb Laws

    It is illegal to stab yourself to gain someone’s pity. It’s against the law for a man to seduce “a chaste woman by means of temptation, deception, arts, flattery or a promise of marriage.” It is legal to drive the wrong way down a one-way street if you have a lantern attached to the front of your automobile. It is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while operating a vehicle. It is illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church. Putting salt on a railroad track may be punishable by death. Men may not spit in front of the opposite sex. Boogers may not be flicked…